# Kimi K2.6 vs MiniMax M2.7

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Kimi K2.6 and MiniMax M2.7 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/kimi-2-6-vs-minimax-m2-7
- Last updated: October 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 17
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Kimi K2.6 leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Kimi K2.6 has the higher overall point estimate 58.74 to 48.62. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in knowledge, where the averages are 59.8 for Kimi K2.6 and 46.1 for MiniMax M2.7.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is HMMT Feb 2026 in Mathematics, with scores of 92.7% and 72.7%.
- MiniMax M2.7 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Kimi K2.6 also has the larger context window at 256K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Kimi K2.6 | MiniMax M2.7 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Moonshot AI | MiniMax |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 200K |
| Overall Score | 58.74 | 48.62 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 37 | 29 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.95 / $4.00 | $0.30 / $1.20 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Kimi K2.6
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 43.7 (Supported · #57/123)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 31.4 (Supported · #84/123)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 66.7% | 57% | Kimi K2.6 |
| BrowseComp | 83.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 73.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | 50% | 46.3% | Kimi K2.6 |
| MCP Atlas | 55.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 62.3% | 48.7% | Kimi K2.6 |
| DeepSearchQA | 92.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | 80.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 56.82% | 40.40% | Kimi K2.6 |
| ResearchClawBench | 18.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 4.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 53.6% | 48.7% | Kimi K2.6 |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 67.6% | Coming soon |
| MLE-Bench Lite | Coming soon | 66.6% | Coming soon |
| MM-ClawBench | Coming soon | 62.7% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Kimi K2.6
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 43.9 (Supported · #54/146)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 35.3 (Supported · #76/146)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 80.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 89.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 58.6% | 56.2% | Kimi K2.6 |
| SWE Multilingual | 76.7% | 76.5% | Kimi K2.6 |
| SciCode | 52.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 66.7% | 57.0% | Kimi K2.6 |
| Vibe Code Bench | 37.89% | 27.04% | Kimi K2.6 |
| cursorBench31 | 47.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 86.8% | 79.9% | Kimi K2.6 |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 76.2% | 73.8% | Kimi K2.6 |
| SWE-bench Verified* | Coming soon | 75.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | Coming soon | 51.9% | Coming soon |
| Multi-SWE Bench | Coming soon | 52.7% | Coming soon |
| VIBE-Pro | Coming soon | 55.6% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 39.8% | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | Coming soon | 71.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 79.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 73.8 (#27/54)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 79.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | 80.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 80.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision | 87.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| V* | 96.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Kimi K2.6
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 59.8 (Supported · #45/177)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 46.1 (Supported · #90/177)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 90.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 90.5% | 87.0% | Kimi K2.6 |
| HLE | 34.7% | 28% | Kimi K2.6 |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 89.1% | 86.6% | Kimi K2.6 |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 87.6% | 80.4% | Kimi K2.6 |
| MMLU-Pro (Arcee) | Coming soon | 80.8% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 93 (#13/127)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 72.2 (#1/7)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 63.8 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 96.4% | 89.8% | Kimi K2.6 |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 92.7% | 72.7% | Kimi K2.6 |
| MMAnswerBench | 86.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 38.966% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 14.580% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME25 (Arcee) | Coming soon | 80.0% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | Coming soon | 81.0% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Kimi K2.6 or MiniMax M2.7?

Kimi K2.6 has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between Kimi K2.6 and MiniMax M2.7?

The widest category gap is in knowledge, where the averages are 59.8 for Kimi K2.6 and 46.1 for MiniMax M2.7.

### How many benchmarks does Kimi K2.6 cover on BenchLM?

Kimi K2.6 currently has 37 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does MiniMax M2.7 cover on BenchLM?

MiniMax M2.7 currently has 29 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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